Lauren Cochran
Vice President @ DFC
Boston, United States
Lauren Cochran is a Series A investor at DFC in Boston focused on Health Care and Solar. Lauren Cochran is Managing Director at Blue Haven Initiative, where she leads strategy and execution for the portfolio of direct investments. Lauren spent five years at Imprint Capital leading investments in emerging and frontier markets that provide a measurable positive social impact as well as a commercial financial return.Previously, Laurenworked for the William J. Clinton Foundation’s Health Access Initiative where she analyzed healthcare infrastructure on the ground in Sub-Saharan Africa, working to fill gaps in the diagnosis, care and treatment of children living with HIV/AIDS. Lauren also worked in private equity, first as an Analyst with Deutsche Bank’s financial sponsors group in New York and then as an Associate at Diamond Castle Holdings, a private equity firm investing in energy, business and financial services and healthcare.Lauren holds a B.S. from Georgetown University, completed the General Course program at the London School of Economics and earned her M.B.A. from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
- Total investments:
- 5
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 60%
Last updated:
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Industries Lauren Cochran invests in
Stages Lauren Cochran invests in
Countries Lauren Cochran invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Health Care 2 (40%)
- Solar 1 (20%)
- Energy 1 (20%)
- Hospital 1 (20%)
- Logistics 1 (20%)
Stage
- Series A 2 (40%)
- Seed 1 (20%)
- Series B 1 (20%)
- Series C 1 (20%)
Country
- Ghana 1 (20%)
- Kenya 1 (20%)
- Nigeria 1 (20%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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TIBU Health
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TIBU Health is a disruptive HealthTech logistics company that provides high-quality healthcare services. | Seed / Apr 26, 2021 | |
Field
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Health supply chain technology and services across Africa | $3.6M / Series A / Mar 11, 2020 | |
PEG
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PEGAfrica is an asset financing company currently selling Pay As You Go solar energy products to off-grid customers in Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire, and Senegal. PEG’s Pay As You Go solar systems give our customers access to better quality light, mobile phone charging, and appliances like radios and televisions. Hugh Whalan and Nate Heller foundedPEG in 2013. It has its headquarters in Accra in Ghana. | $5M / Series C / Mar 20, 2019 | |
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PEG
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PEGAfrica is an asset financing company currently selling Pay As You Go solar energy products to off-grid customers in Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire, and Senegal. PEG’s Pay As You Go solar systems give our customers access to better quality light, mobile phone charging, and appliances like radios and televisions. Hugh Whalan and Nate Heller foundedPEG in 2013. It has its headquarters in Accra in Ghana. | $13.5M / Series B / Aug 31, 2017 | |
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PEG
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PEGAfrica is an asset financing company currently selling Pay As You Go solar energy products to off-grid customers in Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire, and Senegal. PEG’s Pay As You Go solar systems give our customers access to better quality light, mobile phone charging, and appliances like radios and televisions. Hugh Whalan and Nate Heller foundedPEG in 2013. It has its headquarters in Accra in Ghana. | $4.3M / Series A / Jun 16, 2016 |
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Kazuki Matsumoto
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What does Lauren Cochran invest in?
Lauren Cochran invests primarily in Health Care, Solar and Energy startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Ghana. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did Lauren Cochran last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Lauren Cochran closed in Apr 2021. Shizune tracks 5 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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